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Scientists say that puckering up and making a wish sends varying amounts of spit and bacteria onto your beloved treat. “Until recently, there weren’t a lot of studies on this or how your spit gets aerosolized when talking,” Trevor Craig,  a food safety expert and the corporate director of technical training and consulting at Microbac Laboratories, told Well and Good.

Blowing out candles on a birthday cake spreads germs. This was something Mark Lareau and Mark Apelt aimed to tackle when they showed up on "Shark Tank."

The Blowzee appeared on Shark Tank to introduce a more clean, germ-free way to blowing out birthday candles. Are they still in business in 2023?

On Season 13 of Shark Tank, two candle-blowing men named Mark pitch their novelty product Blowzee (which allows you to blow out birthday candles without spreading germs) and in front of Mark Cuban who has invested in novelty items and gag gifts on the show.

“It opens up a whole new set of options. This thing started as a little adventure hobby by two friends and we are astounded and humbled that it went this

On Season 13 of Shark Tank, two candle-blowing men named Mark pitch their novelty product Blowzee (which allows you to blow out birthday candles without spreading germs) and in front of Mark Cuban who has invested in novelty items and gag gifts on the show.

May 27, 2021 A Virginia man said his free time during the COVID-19 pandemic allowed him time to work on an invention that coincidentally involved stopping germs -- a device that allows birthday candles to be blown out without spittle flying. Mark Apelt, a University of Virginia graduate and a current resident of Richmond, said he came up with the idea for the Blowzee birthday cake candle extinguisher while at a childs birthday party before the pandemic. Apelt said he was chatting with other par...

By Chris and Rosie May 27, 2021 A Virginia man said his free time during the COVID-19 pandemic allowed him time to work on an invention that coincidentally involved stopping germs -- a device that allows birthday candles to be blown out without spittle flying. Mark Apelt, a University of Virginia graduate and a current resident of Richmond, said he came up with the idea for the Blowzee birthday cake candle extinguisher while at a childs birthday party before the pandemic. Mark said he was chat...

Have you ever watched a kid blow out cake candles, and noticed all of the spit flying out of their mouth over the cake you're about to eat?

To Mark Apelt it felt gross to blow on a cake that everyone eats. He created Blowzee. Kids blow into the kazoo-looking tool and it activates the fan which